Mothers who breastfeed for six months or more halve their diabetes risk, according to major new research. The 30-year study found that the longer mothers breastfed, the greater reductions they saw in their risks of developing type 2 diabetes. Breastfeeding has been linked to all manner of benefits for both mothers and their babies, including …

The most nerve-racking sexual position has been revealed. Known as ’69 standing up’, it involves picking up your partner, or being picked up, while performing oral sex. For 56.8 per cent of women and 42.7 per cent of men, the very idea of taking part in this fills them with fear. Women may be more …

Women have far more going on in their brains when they get turned on than men, new research suggests. Experts used advanced imaging techniques to scan brain activity in volunteers while they watched porn. They were able to detect higher levels of activity in a number of regions of the minds of females, when compared …

Consuming coconut oil daily for just four weeks may lower the risk of heart disease and stroke, suggests a recent study. As The Deccan Chronicle reports, researchers Kay-Tee Khaw and Professor Nita Forouhi from the University of Cambridge conducted the study on 94 volunteers between the ages of 50 and 75, none of whom had a history …

Salt does more than raise blood pressure; it may also increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in Nature Neuroscience. Plaques or tangles of proteins called beta amyloids are known markers of Alzheimer’s. However, the brains of those with dementia also have problems with the blood vessels in the brain and …